Post-Game Talk: Leafs Book Their Tickets for Game 7 [MOD WARNING in OP]

[Aashir]

If they go with Woll, does it mean they are panicking?

Does it even matter?

Whether they show it or not, they are panicking

They know they are about to get reverse swept and Ottawa will feel it from puck drop next game.

 

[ruaware41]

I cleaned most of my bathroom for the 1st half of this game. Glad I didn't waste 3 hours on this time sink today. Gonna go to sobeys now before it closes lol

 

[JKG33]

Not that it matters, but rip the letters off the muskoka 4 before game 6

 

[Kiwi]

For the love of all that's holy tell me we aren't going to butcher this situation

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football and falling on my face every time I think the team is past this ****

Million dollar talent doesn't win without the other stuff to back it up

I'll be watching the next two games but it's getting hard not to lose a bit of faith in the boys

They can do this they just need to get out of there own way

 

[IPS]

Here are some interesting and extremely depressing stats I just compiled. In all the games of the Matthews era in which the Leafs have had the opportunity to put their opponent away, here is their performance outside of garbage time:

When losing by 1:

214:45 time spent, 6 GF, 14 GA, 1.67 GFA, 3.91 GAA

Pretty bad, right? Well, that's just because you haven't seen this:

When tied:

394:00 time spent, 6 GF, 19 GA, 0.91 GFA, 2.89 GAA.

Outscored OVER THREE TO ONE WHEN TIED!

Can it possibly get any worse than that? YES! IT CAN! You ain't seen nothing yet, brother...

When ahead by 1:

39:29 time spent, 0 GF, 6 GA, 0.00 GFA, 3.91 GAA,

That's right my friends, it has taken the Leafs just 39 total minutes to surrender the only six one-goal leads they have earned in 14 games.

I don't even know wtf you say about this. This post is thread-worthy IMO.

 

[wingman75]

Here are some interesting and extremely depressing stats I just compiled. In all the games of the Matthews era in which the Leafs have had the opportunity to put their opponent away, here is their performance outside of garbage time:

When losing by 1:

214:45 time spent, 6 GF, 14 GA, 1.67 GFA, 3.91 GAA

Pretty bad, right? Well, that's just because you haven't seen this:

When tied:

394:00 time spent, 6 GF, 19 GA, 0.91 GFA, 2.89 GAA.

Outscored OVER THREE TO ONE WHEN TIED!

Can it possibly get any worse than that? YES! IT CAN! You ain't seen nothing yet, brother...

When ahead by 1:

39:29 time spent, 0 GF, 6 GA, 0.00 GFA, 3.91 GAA,

That's right my friends, it has taken the Leafs just 39 total minutes to surrender the only six one-goal leads they have earned in 14 games.

Thanks for this.
Hard to believe.
Makes me sad, cause this is who they are and we have two more games of this coming our way.

 

[ruaware41]

i'm just going to say this.
with my health, i value my time too much to continue watching. if this team makes it to the third round i'll come back and say hi until then. it was nice talking to you guys.

hey Marner's not going to pay your bills right? Entirely reasonable take. Good luck with the health.

 

[The Legend]

BTW - where is the "it's only one game" crowd after G4?

Still feeling optimistic?

 

[seventieslord]

I don't even remember leading for that long. I assume most of it is from the first game 7 vs Boston

actually....yes. 16:05 of that is just following Kapanen's breakaway triple deke shortie. It only took 23 minutes combined to blow the other five leads.

 

[Leafs98]

The good news is that went in feeling like a game 7. And they played like a game 7. But.....alas.....We still got 2 more cracks at this folks!

 

[Throw More Waffles]

We're at the point where people need to stop putting AM in the same category as guys like Drai, Mack, Kucherov. Those players have shown multiple times that they're capable of being great in the playoffs or dominating a series.

Dude, where have you been? People like me have been saying this for 5 years plus.

Matthews playoff stats per 82 are (lol) 32 goals and (LOL) 73 points.

Let's compare to Drai. Per 82, 47 goals and 120 points.
McDavid. 42 goals and 130 points.

It's a joke. It's a JOKE.

 

[HolyCrap]

I'm so tired of the Matthews fans attacking Mitch, or the Mitch fans going after Nylander, or others going after Matthews, Rielly or Tavares.

IT. IS. ALL. OF. THEM.
They are ALL a problem. They fail in playoff elimination games every year and it is every single one of them.

I feel the exact same bud. I can’t stress enough that this is on the players and most specifically the core players. Knies and other solid additions are probably free from criticism. And I guess I’m gonna be sad hungover. Which I will blame on myself and not the team but I have the balls to accept reality. lol.

 

[NVious]

Special teams killing us again.

This is by far the most indicting stat of the fraud four.

People always talk how it's because the playoffs are "too tough" but with how many 1 goal losses this team has, they simply are not good enough skill wise.

The pp shows us that, how do you have 1st/12th/22nd best goal scorers in the last 8 years with the 5th highest assist getter (Marner) and go 0 for 30? There is something "spiritually" wrong with them. Maybe they really honestly just don't care so playoffs for them is like a November/February random game because that might be one of the worst stats any talented core in their prime has ever produced in the playoffs in all of sports.

 

[CincoHolio]

You just know Matthews won't be playing next game.

 

[seventieslord]

They lost 3-1 from a team that was a wild card team in covid.

And they lost in 5 to the jackets.

it’s inevitable. They can play the cup finalist lightning or a junior B team.

They will lose in game 7. Every year.

Sure. And this would greatly exceed both of those calamaties. This would not be just another Montreal series. Don't kid yourself.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Series ain't over Skippy. They haven't choked until they've lost the series.

This is true. There's overreaction going on here, myself included.

But can you blame us, really? After what has happened for the last eighteen million years?

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

If they go with Woll, does it mean they are panicking? Goaltending wasn't the issue tonight, but as Bieksa wondered, does it give them a spark going with Woll?

It won't matter who's in net if they can't score

 

[ultrathrash]

Hoping you guys can win for the sake of my playoff pool. If not this will be this cores magnum opus of choking. Or “magnum chokeus” if you’d prefer.

 

[seventieslord]

I don't even know wtf you say about this. This post is thread-worthy IMO.

you're probably right.

 

[hamzarocks]

I dont care if Stolarz was the second coming tonight and the team sucked dick (missed the game due to super lengthy new phone purchase process lol)

Woll should play game 6. Stolarz got his chanced and its time for Woll now

 

[ToneDog]

What did these guys do with the extra day of rest? Clubbing?

Golf courses opened up this week so guessing they want to get an early start.

 

[TMLeafer]

Oh what could have been

 

[Cleetus]

BTW - where is the "it's only one game" crowd after G4?

Still feeling optimistic?

pretty sure a lot of posters here seen this coming, I mean the ones I read told me this was going to happen and here we are lol

 

[Rob Brown]

Still think we win the series but holy f*** that was frustrating. Tired of spending money to watch this team in the playoffs.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I feel the exact same bud. I can’t stress enough that this is on the players and most specifically the core players. Knies and other solid additions are probably free from criticism. And I guess I’m gonna be sad hungover. Which I will blame on myself and not the team but I have the balls to accept reality. lol.

Above all else I don't want Knies corrupted by the core the way the core was corrupted by Marleau, Dubas and Shanahan.